The Greatest Sondheim Song- Page 2

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:15am

A Little Priest

[devonian.t]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:31am

I Remember

[Jamie Pierce]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:38am

Greatest? Who am I to say. Favorite? I can make a more confident selection: "Glamorous Life" (ideally as sung by Audra Mac!)

[Broadwaywest]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:43am

Greatest?, I'm not sure. Comedy Tonight is pretty magnificent. The most moving for me is "Not while I'm around"

[Kad]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:54am

Robbie- that's such a good choice! Is there any part of that song that is NOT a joy to sing? Surely our mutual, music-savvy friend pointed out to you Charlotte's part in the conclusion of the song?

My kneejerk reaction to the question is "No One is Alone." But I think the answer will vary day to day.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:03am

Kad, what song is a joy to sing? whos robbie?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:04am

Kad,

He hasn't pointed it out to me!  Now I'm dying to know!  Someone once joked that I should do a one-man version of WEEKEND at Sondheim Unplugged.  I've given consideration, but damn...it's like climbing Everest.  

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:05am

oh i completely missed the first page of this thread!

I like Im Still Here

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:07am

A Weekend in the Country is too much for me. so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy

[Kad]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:25am

Robbie-

Charlotte's part is simply, "Uninvited. Uninvited. We should have stayed in town."

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:45am

<<< My obvious answer, but also my heartfelt answer.

I am hiding in a tree. 
I'm a fragment of the day. 
If I weren't, who's to say 
Things would happen here the way 
That they happened here? 

 

 

[tazber]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:47am

I actually thought of you when I saw this thread, Tree2.

 

 

Someone in a Tree is a brilliant piece on so many levels.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:54am

^ :).

Thanks, Tazber. You and your adorable kittens have always had great taste :).

[followspot]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:55am

"Beautiful" – Sunday in the Park With George

 

re: so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy.  This, from Philly "I'm leaving the boards!" pinto. 

 

Updated On: 9/4/15 at 10:55 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:10am

 

 

I'm not sure what "greatest" means...most favorite? most effective? most influential? most sophisticated musically or lyrically or both?

 

But I would have to give the "greatest" title to "All Things Bright and Beautiful," the deleted song from Follies that became the haunting melody we all know from the Follies Prologue. Here it is, on the Paper Mill recording, such by Donna McKechnie and Laurence Guittard:

 

 

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:14am

^ I ALMOST went with that.  Seriously.  But I decided I couldn't in good conscience give it to a cut song (hence my leaving Uptown/Downtown out of consideration even though it's contains what may well be my favorite Sondheim lyric.)

[tazber]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:17am

Ha! Uptown/Downtown was also one of my choices at first too.

 

I also decided not to go with a trunk song though.

 

It's a brilliant song.

Updated On: 9/3/15 at 11:17 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:17am

 

That's why we love each other.

 

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:32am

Someone recently tried to tell me that my new club act should be only cut songs from FOLLIES.

My Foxtrot would be definitive.  

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:34am

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE has meant more to me that any other SONDHEIM...

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:37am

Move On. It's one of those rare songs that can reduce me to tears every time I hear it, no matter the setting. Just the other day I was on the subway when it came on my ipod and Jenna Russell had me hiding my tears from the other riders. It's allergies, I swear!

 

[Kad]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:42am

Robbie, who would you sing Pleasant Little Kingdom with? Molly Pope?

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:44am

Robbie what is your act? who are you?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:45am

Oh, but yes, Kad.  And then our COUNTRY HOUSE will be...extreme.  

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:47pm

^ Finally, that musical version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? we've all been waiting for!